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Ladies!! I am back! I took time away from myself in March due to this crazy life we have been living for the last two months, and I am soo happy to say that where I live the "curve is flattening" and we are starting to somewhat normalize again. I gave myself up for my job and now it is time for me to start taking care of…
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@bluffgirl67 my heart aches for you and your family in light of your mom's diagnosis... To all...it seems like such a trying time in all of our lives right now between personal things going on at home and this near pandemic disease process plaguing the US and the entire world, really...March has been a difficult month. In…
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Thank you all for thinking of my family...services tomorrow and Wednesday here in Virginia. My job happens to be quite close to where services will be so they have agreed to let me take a late lunch and attend; this was quite a concern to me especially since I have been there less than a month. The managers highly value…
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5'5" OW: 265 lbs (2019) --250 lb by end of January --242.6 lb by end of February 03/01--241 lb. 03/08--245.4lb (hoping it's all water weight) (+4.4lb) 03/15 03/22 03/29 March GW--235lb. March Goals: 💚 Complete 20 exercise days this month (1/20) 💚 Get on the treadmill 3 times per week. (1/3) 💚 Drink 80-100 ounces of water…
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A sudden death struck my family this weekend, my cousin's husband committed suicide this morning, any good vibes, positive thoughts, and/or prayers (whatever your preference) would be greatly appreciated for her and their 3 children. I felt so helpless in receiving that call this morning...what can you do or say in this…
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So...today has been rough for me. Everybody at home got up on time, I was ready...lunch packed and got out the door and everything started going downhill. I got behind a slow moving car on the way to work, put me behind but I was still okay. Then had to stop at the ATM, because spring pictures were today for my girls (last…
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HELLO MARCH!!! I am so ready for this, you all have been such an inspiration to me and are truly my drive to keep going on this journey!! As many have said, this is MY place for accountability! Last month was all about focusing on healthy food portions and logging consistently. This month I plan on including some goals to…
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For anyone struggling like I am the last couple days!!
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**had a re-weigh today to give me a couple days after TOM, and water weight be gone! HW: 268 (8/2019) SW: 255 (1-31) CW: 242.8 (2-24) I didn't set a goal weight this month, wanted to see what my body could do. My meal plan I follow is for 2lb loss per week and I have exceeded that already. YAY...I am letting my body get…
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@BrownSugar174 have a celebratory beignet for me!! That is going to be my treat post goal achievement, a trip to New Orleans and Cafe Du Monde for a nationally known beignet! LOL I haven't really gotten to read all the posts from the last two days, but I promise to catch up. My family has lived a whirlwind the last two…
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Just a quick update, just over the half way mark at the first week of my new job! Enjoying the environment and the new DR I am working with, I am finding it hard to get my calories in now and getting back into the swing of working I only got one treadmill in this week for about 5 minutes! My legs are aching from being back…
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I have had a wonderful weekend with my kiddos!! My oldest two are getting showers for school tomorrow so I decided to steal a few minutes for myself and get caught up on what I had missed so much, hearing from everyone here! I have loved reading all of your stories about learning to love yourselves and when that moment…
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@pamiede CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You are an inspiration and your effort shows us we can reach our goals if we work for it!!!
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@bidingmytime I just chose to measure each area in my thickest spot where the most fat seems to lie, my husband helps me keep my measurements accurate and (I know this sounds awful) I actually have him keep dotting the area we measure with Sharpie :blush: ...only a small dot though above and below my measuring tape on my…
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@bidingmytime I felt every word you said about the havoc on your OCD, I am exactly the same way, I have a spreadsheet for my daily weight that I also log on Libra lol, then I have my weekly measurements (waist, hips, arms, calves, etc.), then I have my Cal in, cal out, deficit table....I have been approaching this like a…
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I normally weigh in on Saturday but switched to today because I go back to work Monday (after being home the last 7 months with my new baby boy and my 2 daughters :neutral: ) AND it's a new job closer to home! Anyway I decided to spend as much family time as possible with my kiddos and husband. I finally had my whoosh!…
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Well....hard lesson learned today, I took some advice from a couple of articles I have read about exercise, and I decided to try fasting exercise.....OMG, STUPID, STUPID, STUPID me!!!! I was previously pre-diabetic and have lowered my A1C to normal, BUT I am still glucose intolerant, so I don't know why in this world I…
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@theleadmare we aren't going through a move right now, but softball season starts soon for my girl;; so our plan for the upcoming season is pre-packing grab and go snacks, I plan on making these weekly so they will be ready to go; I'm portioning things like low sodium pretzels, small servings of cheese cubes, carrots, and…
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@fitchick37 I understand your feelings about your step daughter, my youngest daughter (middle child) has always been a chubby baby, chunky toddler, and now overweight 5 1/2 year old. Part of my husband and my realization that we needed to change was when the pediatrician told us that Sass (nickname) was in the 99th…
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@mmdeveau this inspires me, hopefully it will for you too.... @taytaylewlew11 I'm pretty new as well, but these ladies keep encouraging me that as long as I am in deficit that the loss will come, if you are working out I know that if no scale changes are occurring it is likely you are building muscle as you are losing fat.…
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YES!! Thank you so much! I do plan to adjust as I go, and slow down; right now about 10% loss is 25 lbs and I will re evaluate from there.
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@CupcakeCrusoe so for example: On 2/6 my CI was 1510, BMR 1907, exercise CO 517, deficit would be 914....or Total CO 2424- CI 1510 = deficit 914; is that correct? I want to make sure I have been calculating correctly So, for a 2lb loss weekly one needs to average deficit of 1000 per day averaged over 1 week. So if 2/6 was…
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I signed up to receive motivational messages (inspirational messages) on the ericafitlove website...its free and very uplifting...I will attach a small excerpt from one of her messages. "The thing is, there's a huge difference between motivation and inspiration, and we tend to get them all twisted up like they're the same.…
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@snowflake954 I'm not upset, thanks for your concern, just wanted to explain where my information came from; it was just what I was taught to be true at the time. Also, I think my wording in previous post wasn't the greatest (re:starvation mode), I was referencing the slow-down of metabolism, and cellular death from…
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@freda78 my apologies if my information is incorrect, this was simply what we were taught in my nutrition class in nursing school (2015) and I haven't worked a great deal with weight loss nutrition since then as we don't often see many patients with limited calorie diets (specifically for weight management) unless they are…
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@Rowdib if you are eating well less than the 1300 calories it could simply be that your body is fighting "starvation mode" our bodies are programmed to store EVERYTHING we take in if food is scarce (think "caveman" theoretically). If your body feels you aren't getting enough calories it's going to store every ounce of fat…
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@jtaen I have gotten wonderful advice and insight from people here and according to my research (and everyone's wonderful advice) if the scale stops moving after a period of time, re-evaluate your calories and make sure you are getting a calorie deficit; I too have had issues seeing the scale move and I have just started…
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Okay Ladies!!! I'm going to have to approach this differently.. SW: 255 1/31: 248 2/08: 250 SOOO... I know that I have been working my butt off (lit & fig), so I decided to turn to the body fat calculator after two weight checks yielding a gain...I didn't take measurements until day 3 so this is what I got!! Body Fat…
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@speyerj my husband told me the same thing...don't worry about it! I think this is just a fear response, logically that makes sense to me but the insecurity and fear portion of my brain...ehh what can I do
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I have been so pumped up in taking this journey, and making my whole family healthier by making better choices with groceries and in the meals I am making. I have exercised regularly for the first time in my life...I worked out 7 out of the last 10 days. Today was a rest day for me and I did some stretching and yoga for my…
